Spring 2010 Course Schedule
Class Dates: January 11 - May 7
- All classes video streamed and archived for review
- All courses available for credit, audit, or personal enrichment only
- Note: An annual information technology fee of $120.00 is required for all students registering for a course or courses. The fee is payable once every 12 months and must be current for each semester of enrollment.
Spring 2010 courses offered:
ACS 514: Electroacoustic Transducers
ACS 515: Acoustics in Fluid Media
ACS 597A: Architectural Acoustics
ACS 597C: Ocean Acoustics
ACS 598E: Advanced Engineering Mathematics I
1. Course: ACS 514, Electroacoustic Transducers
Instructor: Dr. Tom Gabrielson
Class Time: Tuesday and Thursday 9:45 AM - 11:00 AM (EST)
Credits: 3
Tuition: $2190.00
Prerequisites: Undergraduate physics, basic linear circuit theory, differential equations, and complex numbers. Must have working knowledge of required software.This course covers derivation and discussion of the fundamental operating characteristics of transducers for acoustics and for vibration. Acoustic transducers will include microphones, loudspeakers, and underwater hydrophones and projectors.
Text: Instructor notes
Software: MatLab (available at www.mathworks.com), MathCad, or Mathematica (student versions acceptable for all packages). Student must have a working knowledge of one of these software tools prior to taking this course.2. Course: ACS 515, Acoustics in Fluid Media
Instructor: Dr. Vic Sparrow
Class Time: Monday and Wednesday 1:00 PM - 2:15 PM (EST)
Make up Class: Friday 1:00 PM - 2:15 PM (EST)
Credits: 3
Tuition: $2190.00
Prerequisites: Fundamentals of Acoustics I & II, or Fundamentals of Acoustics & Introduction to Acoustics in Fluid Media; ACS 598E, Advanced Engineering Mathematics I or equivalent, or instructor consentThis course covers sources of sound: superposition of simple courses, free space Green's functions, dipoles and quadrupoles, multipole expansion, radiation of sound, Kirchhoff-Helmholtz integral theorem, Rayleigh integral, radiation from cylinders and spheres, scattering from cylinders and spheres, diffraction, sound sources in ducts, cavities, and rooms, and a very brief introduction to acoustic finite elements and acoustic boundary elements.
Texts: A. D. Pierce. Acoustics: An Introduction to Its Physical Principles and Applications, Acoustical Society of America, New York, 1989
D. T. Blackstock, Fundamentals of Physical Acoustics, Wiley Interscience, New York, 2000
Software: MatLab (available at www.mathworks.com) (student version acceptable).
Other software may be permitted.3. Course: ACS 597A, Architectural Acoustics
Instructor: Dr. Dave Swanson
Class Time: Monday and Wednesday 9:45 AM - 11:00 AM (EST)
Credits: 3
Tuition: $2190.00
Prerequisites: ACS 501 or ACS 597B, Fundamentals of Acoustics; ACS 502 or ACS 597A, Introduction to Acoustics in Fluid Media, and ACS 513, Digital Signal ProcessingThis course provides theoretical and practical techniques for designing and retrofitting acoustical spaces to be both quiet and have beneficial reverberation. Topics covered include: room shapes and modes; reverberation theory; room and material measurements; building noise control; outdoor noise control; wall and floor construction techniques; characteristics of beneficial reverberation; good design criteria for various spaces; wall treatments and acoustical retrofits; and virtual tours of acoustical spaces.
Text: Long, M., Levy, Moises, L., Stern, R. (2006). Architectural Acoustics (Elsevier Academic Press, Burlington, MA).
4. Course: ACS 597C, Ocean Acoustics
Instructors: Dr. Kyle Becker, Dr. David Bradley, Dr. Charles Holland, Dr. Anthony Lyons
Class Time: Tuesday and Thursday 1:00 PM - 2:15 PM (EST)
Credits: 3
Tuition: $2190.00
Prerequisites: Undergraduate physics, differential equations and complex numbersThis course covers a broad, but comprehensive, introduction to many important topics in underwater acoustics. The major goal is to give participants a practical understanding of fundamental concepts, along with an appreciation of current research and development activities. It serves as a foundation for more advanced study of current literature or for other specialized courses.
Texts: No text is required for this course. The lecture notes, which will be available electronically, cover all of the course material.
Software: MatLab with Simulink (available at www.mathworks.com) (student version acceptable).
5. Course: ACS 598E, Advanced Engineering Mathematics I
Instructor: Dr. Eric Marsh
Class Time: Tuesday 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM (EST)
Credits: 3
Tuition: $2190.00
Prerequisites: Undergraduate level calculus, ordinary differential equations and linear algebraThis course will provide basic tools for solution of differential equation of acoustics and vibration. Topic will include: first, second, and higher order ODEs, boundary and initial value problems; special functions and series solutions; Laplace and Fourier transforms; and numerical integration techniques.
Text: E. Kreyszig, Advanced Engineering Mathematics, 9th ed., John Wiley & Sons, New York, 2006
Fall 2010
Tentative Course Offering (Suggestions can be sent to acoustics@psu.edu)
1. ACS 597A, Fundamentals of Acoustics
Prerequisites: Undergraduate physics, differential equations and complex numbers2. ACS 597B, Introduction to Acoustics & Fluid Media
Prerequisites: Undergraduate physics and differential equations
3. ACS 513, Digital Signal Processing
Prerequisites: ACS 597A Fundamentals of Acoustics or concurrent enrollment, undergraduate physics, differential equations, and complex algebra
4. ACS 516, Acoustical Data Measurement and Analysis
Prerequisites: Some exposure to Matlab programming. Use of Matlab required for both homework and tests in this class. A recorded Introduction-to-Matlab session will be available for students but some prior experience with the basic operations is highly recommended; this course does not teach programming.
5. ACS 530, Flow-Induced Noise
Prerequisites: ACS 597A, Fundamentals of Acoustics and ACS 597B, Introduction to Acoustics in Fluid Media
Graduate Program in Acoustics, Penn State
